We are pleased to have arranged educational activities involving five of the seven artists who gave public concerts this season. Top left to right: in October the Galliard String Quartet performed for the string orchestra class at Hilo High School. In January the early music group Gut, Wind, and Wire visited Malamalama Waldorf School, where Mindy Rosefeld demonstrated one of her multitude of baroque recorders and Ronn McFarlane explained to Hilo Intermediate School students the design and the history of the lute, the most popular instrument during the Renaissance. Bottom: in March Nathan Meltzer presided over a master class for six violin students of Cathy Young. Rather than demonstrate on his 1793 Storioni violin, Nathan used the students’ violins; this showed the students that they too could sound very good on their instruments. Also in March, Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana gave both a lecture demonstration of their art form and a master class for dance students at U. H. Hilo. In May our final artist of the season, Ilya Yakushev combined a master class for five local students with a 20-minute performance for them. Upon the recommendation of the U.H. Hilo Performing Arts Department, the Concert Society has awarded $1,000 scholarships to two talented individuals, music student Aleah Kay and dance student Jourdan Park. We thank our membership, whose contributions help to finance our outreach activities.​